Hexcel Corp. Announces U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank to Visit Salt Lake City to Highlight New Manufacturing...

Hexcel Corporation (NYSE: HXL)(Paris: HXL) today announced that on Thursday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank will visit Hexcel Corporation in West Valley City, Utah, where she will highlight a new Obama Administration initiative that would accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing and create jobs in cities across the country. The region’s economic development strategy is a model for the type of economic growth encouraged by this new initiative, which was included in the President’s 2014 budget request.

On her visit, Deputy Secretary Blank will take a closed-press tour of Hexcel’s Salt Lake City facility and participate in a roundtable with local business, government and educational leaders. She will deliver remarks discussing the new Administration initiative, which is designed to drive business investment to the U.S. She will also take questions from the press.

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          Thursday, April 18, 2013
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
          

11:00 a.m.      Remarks

11:30 p.m.      Media availability

Where:

        
        
        
        
          Hexcel Salt Lake City
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
          6700 West 5400 South
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
          West Valley, UT 84118
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
          Media should arrive no later than 10:30 a.m. to check in.
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
          

Who:

        
        
        
        
          Rebecca Blank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
          David Berges, Hexcel CEO
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
          Kevin Randall, Fiber Plant Manager
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
          Tom Hurst, Matrix Plant Manager
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
          

Media:

Media should RSVP to the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Public Affairs at [e-mail] or [phone].

Hexcel Corporation is a leading advanced composites company. It develops, manufactures and markets lightweight, high-performance structural materials, including carbon fibers, reinforcements, prepregs, honeycomb, matrix systems, adhesives and composite structures, used in commercial aerospace, space and defense and industrial applications such as wind turbine blades.